Do cuts break fasts?
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Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:
If you cut yourself accidentally while fasting and bleed from the
cut, does that break your fast?
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Answer:
Do
cuts break fasts?
In the
name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none
can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
There are
five things which will break or invalidate the fast:
Eating
Drinking
Sexual
intercourse
voluntary
semen discharge
the
menstruation of the woman while fasting
If one
cuts oneself accidentally while fasting and bleeds from the cut, it does not
invalidate or have any bearings on the validity of the fast in any way.
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan